John and I were two train rides from his family. We hoped on the first one to Stuttgart…and quickly caught the next one to Schwabisch Hall. When we arrived, Timo was there to greet us, and drive us to the house. He spoke very good English and we had good conversation on the way. The village they lived in was nestled in between lush green hills and forests.
We arrived and were guided through the beautiful garden, passing red roses, cherry trees, and berry bushes. Hans greeted us…when he caught the first glimpse of us his eyes began to fill with tears. His cheeks got flushed and he hugged John and I. We than met his wife Helga (Hans is the brother of Johns Grandpa on his dads side). They asked us to sit and gave us plethora of drinks to choose from. John grabbed the pictures of family and showed them.
Hans kept looking up at me with he red eyes smiling. Timo was translating everything they were saying about the pictures. They kept laughing about how much Uncle Mike looked like their other son Jochen (who we would meet later). After looking through the pictures we took our luggage to our room and freshened up.
That evening Hans and Helga, Timo, Jochen and his family, Karen, and their kids, Janny (John), and Anna came over to the barbeque they were having for us. They all spoke very good English and were very excited to hear all about our travels and
see the pictures of the family.
After a very good meal, we followed Jochen and Karen across the street to their house. We sat in their backyard a chatted for a while. It was getting dark, and they sent the kids to bed and we went inside to chat some more. We found out they were also Christians and they were very active in their church. They were excited to hear the same about us, and good conversation followed.
They showed us their house and while we were walking back to sit down Karen stopped by a plaque that had a bible verse on it. She told us that Johns grandfather. Herman had made this and it was given to them.
We said goodnight and went back across the street to sleep.
…And we KNOW that in ALL things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose…
Romans 8:28
…For I am CONVINCED that neither death nor life, neither angles nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in ALL creation, will be able to separate us from the LOVE OF GOD that is JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD!
Romans 8:38-39
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